Domaine Jean-Louis Chave,
Hermitage Cuvée Cathelin
Cuvée Cathelin is an exceptionally rare selection from Chave's Hermitage Rouge, bottled only when the family believes a vintage warrants a separate release. It is one of the Rhône's clearest scarcity-driven cult wines. Its value is overwhelmingly scarcity-driven.
VINTAGE 1991
Source: Liv-Ex
Sep 2017 – Mar 2020
Within This Period
Varietal:
Syrah
Classification:
Hermitage AOC
Annual Production:
≈ 1,500–2,400 bottles when made
SIGNATURE VINTAGES
1990 The inaugural Cathelin and the defining reference vintage, regularly rated at the very highest level.
1991 Another exceptional early release with superb Northern Rhône character.
1998 Powerful and long-lived.
2003 Extraordinary concentration in a hot vintage.
2010 A modern benchmark combining depth, freshness and extreme rarity.
The Investment Case
Cathelin's value is overwhelmingly scarcity-driven. It is produced only in selected vintages and in extremely small quantities, from an estate already renowned for one of the Rhône's greatest wines. That creates a cult wine within a cult producer, giving each release significance and making mature, provenance-perfect bottles exceptionally difficult to find.
Country
France
Region
Rhône
Varietal
Syrah
Sub-region
Northern Rhône
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